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Hoover Book Club: Stephen Haber On "The Battle Over Patents: History and Politics of Innovation"

Monday, December 6, 2021
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

A discussion with Stephen Haber on his latest book, The Battle over Patents: History and Politics of Innovation moderated by Bill Whalen on Monday, December 6 at 10AM PT/1:00PM ET.

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Mafia-Like Business Systems In China: Xi’s Crackdown In Context

Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Hoover Institution hosts Mafia-Like Business Systems in China: Xi’s Crackdown in Context on Tuesday, December 7 from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PST.

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Historiography of the Pacific War: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges

Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives invites you to a special online symposium as part of the Fanning the Flames Speaker Series. The “Historiography of the Pacific War: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges" event is on Tuesday, December 7 at 3:00 pm PT.

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Ardeshir Zahedi and the Zahedi Archives at Hoover

Friday, December 10, 2021
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives hosts "Ardeshir Zahedi and the Zahedi Archives at Hoover" on Friday, December 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT.

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Eyes Wide Open: Ethical Risks in Research Collaboration with China

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Hoover Institution hosts Eyes Wide Open: Ethical Risks in Research Collaboration with China on Wednesday, December 15 from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PST. 

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Hoover Institution Workshop On Using Text As Data In Policy Analysis (Part 7)

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

The Hoover Institution announces a new seminar series on Using Text as Data in Policy Analysis, co-organized by Steven J. Davis and Justin Grimmer. These seminars will feature applications of natural language processing, structured human readings, and machine learning methods to text as data to examine policy issues in economics, history, national security, political science, and other fields.

This seventh session features Elliott Ash speaking on Emotion and Reason in Political Language on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 from 9:00AM – 10:30AM PT.

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Past Events

Policy Seminar on the Mortgage Markets

Friday, February 27, 2009
George Shultz Conference Room, Herbert Hoover Memorial Building

Guest speaker: Frank Nothaft (Chief Economist, Freddie Mac)

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Hoover visiting fellow Lawrence Harrison

Seminar featuring visiting fellow Lawrence Harrison

Thursday, February 26, 2009
Room 330, Herbert Hoover Memorial Building

Lawrence Harrison presented a talk titled "Cultural Capital" on February 26. The event took place at the Hoover Institution.

Lawrence is the author of The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It From Itself and coeditor, with Samuel Huntington, of Culture Matters. Lawrence is the director of the Cultural Change Institute at the Fletcher School.

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Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina

Seminar featuring Mark Sanford, governor of South Carolina

Friday, February 20, 2009
Annenberg room

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford presented a talk titled "The Future of the Republican Party" on February 20. The event took place at the Hoover Institution.

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Red and Blue Nation? Volume Two: Consequences and Correction of America's Polarized Politics

Red and Blue Nation? Volume Two

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Stauffer Auditorium Herbert Hoover Memorial Building

The Hoover Institution and Brookings Institution held a launch of the book Red and Blue Nation? Volume Two: Consequences and Correction of America's Polarized Politics, edited by Pietro S. Nivola and David W. Brady.

Brady and Nivola, joined by William A. Galston of Brookings, discussed some central conclusions of their studies, especially the political prospects of each of the parties in the years ahead.

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Douglass C. North

Seminar featuring Hoover senior fellow Douglass C. North

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Hoover senior fellow Douglass C. North, presented a talk titled "Violence and Social Disorders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History" on February 12. The event took place at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center.

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Robert Barnes

Seminar featuring Robert Barnes, political and Supreme Court reporter for the Washington Post

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Stanford Park Hotel

Robert Barnes from the Washington Post spoke on “Obama’s judiciary,” on February 11 at the Menlo Circus Club.

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Richard Sousa, senior associate director at Hoover and director of the library and archives

Seminar featuring Richard Sousa, senior associate director, director of the library and archives, and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Richard Sousa presented a talk titled "Complements of the Hoover Archives" on February 10. The event took place at the University Auditorium of the Classic Residence by Hyatt.

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Media Colloquium with John Taylor, Michael Boskin, Robert Hall, and Russell Roberts

Monday, February 2, 2009
Annenberg Conference Room, Lou Henry Hoover Building

Hoover Institution economic fellows offered their expert opinions on the national and global economic downturn and recovery with invited media and Hoover media fellows.

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Norman M. Naimark

Seminar featuring Hoover senior fellow Norman M. Naimark

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Hoover senior fellow Norman M. Naimark presented a talk titled “Passing the Torch: Thoughts about History, Teaching, and Mentorship.” In it he focused on several interrelated aspects of the “calling” of university teaching, including the importance of generational change and continuity, the particular meaning of teaching history, and the roles of mentors past, present, and future.

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Seminar featuring essayist and syndicated columnist Joseph Epstein

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Stanford Park Hotel

Joseph Epstein, essayist and syndicated columnist, spoke on “Intellectual Journalism Revisited,” on January 28 at the Stanford Park Hotel.
(Photo by Tin Tin Wisniewski/Hoover Institution Public Affairs)

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